People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Every lover is a soldier.

Every lover is a soldier.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Courage conquers all things

Courage conquers all things

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born...

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born...

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in...

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in...

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.